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7:19pm PDT |
Phone number links woman to sect case |
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Summary: One of the telephone numbers used to report claims of abuse at a polygamist sect's Texas ranch was previously associated with a Colorado woman whom authorities have named a "person of interest," a court document says.
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7:03pm PDT |
Polygamy ranch kids in for culture shock |
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Cnn.com |
7:03pm PDT |
Culture shock in store for uprooted polygamist kids |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
6:52pm PDT |
Sam's Club, Costco limit rice sales |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
6:48pm PDT |
Carter disputes Rice on Hamas meeting |
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Summary: Former President Carter very politely denied Wednesday that the secretary of state or anyone else in her department had warned him against meeting with Hamas leaders during his recent trip to the Middle East.
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6:38pm PDT |
Not ashamed |
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Summary: Tidy gardens and houses - can this be Dewsbury Moor? |
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6:11pm PDT |
LatAm leaders in food price pact |
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Summary: Four Latin American leaders agree on a $100m scheme to alleviate the effects of rising food prices. |
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5:53pm PDT |
Shake-up in school exams expected |
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Summary: Scotland's exam system is facing a shake-up and abolition of Standard Grades could be one option. |
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5:46pm PDT |
Heart cells cultured in the lab |
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Summary: Scientists have moved a step closer to creating functioning heart tissue for transplants in the lab. |
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5:38pm PDT |
Senate Republicans block unequal pay bill |
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Summary: The Senate will decide Wednesday whether to take up a bill that would overturn a time limit for people who claim they have received unequal pay to sue their employers.
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5:21pm PDT |
UK butterflies 'need good summer' |
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Summary: Butterflies need a warm summer in order to help numbers recover from last year's washout, say conservationists. |
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5:20pm PDT |
Tussles at Canberra torch relay |
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Summary: Scuffles break out between pro and anti-China protesters at the Olympic torch relay in the Australian capital. |
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Cnn.com |
5:17pm PDT |
Polls differ for next 2 Dem contests |
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Summary: Sen. Hillary Clinton Wednesday said her much-needed victory in Pennsylvania raises fresh questions about Sen. Barack Obama's electability.
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5:13pm PDT |
Young face ban on using sunbeds |
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Summary: Under-18s could be banned from using sunbeds in England under proposals from the Health and Safety Executive. |
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Cnn.com |
5:06pm PDT |
Gates: Military promotions reflect 'successful course' |
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Summary: Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, will be nominated to become chief of U.S. Central Command, taking over after Adm. William Fallon's unexpected resignation. Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno is picked to fill Petraeus' post. Defense Secretary Robert |
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4:58pm PDT |
Seven detained at torch relay in Australia
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Police arrested seven people after
scuffles broke out between Tibetan protesters and Chinese
Australians as the Olympic torch relay began under heavy
security in Canberra on Thursday. |
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Cnn.com |
4:57pm PDT |
Protests follow torch relay to Australia |
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Summary: Police arrested a man and a woman who were trying to unfurl a banner on Sydney's Harbour Bridge shortly before the Olympic flame arrived in Australia Wednesday morning.
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4:57pm PDT |
More protests as torch reaches Australia |
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Summary: Police arrested a man and a woman who were trying to unfurl a banner on Sydney's Harbour Bridge shortly before the Olympic flame arrived in Australia Wednesday morning.
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4:47pm PDT |
Petraeus promotion keeps nation on its war course
(AP)
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Summary: AP - President Bush is promoting his top Iraq commander, Army Gen. David Petraeus, and replacing him with the general's recent deputy, keeping the U.S. on its war course and handing the next president a pair of combat-tested commanders who have relentless |
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4:26pm PDT |
Titans agree to swap Pacman to Dallas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Tennessee Titans finally washed their hands of suspended cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones on Wednesday, agreeing in principle to trade him to the Dallas Cowboys. |
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4:15pm PDT |
Ruling due over bank charges |
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Summary: The UK's biggest banks are bracing themselves for defeat in the High Court test case over their overdraft charges. |
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4:13pm PDT |
Sam's Club, Costco limit rice purchases as prices rise
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The two biggest U.S. warehouse retail chains are limiting how much rice customers can buy because of what Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., called on Wednesday "recent supply and demand trends." |
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4:12pm PDT |
Simpler rail fares to take effect |
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Summary: Measures to make buying rail tickets simpler and easier to understand will be introduced from May 18. |
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4:03pm PDT |
Summer disputes? |
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Summary: The other public sector workers taking action |
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4:03pm PDT |
Pay flashpoints |
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Summary: The other public sector workers taking action |
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4:01pm PDT |
Strike disrupts third of schools |
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Summary: The first national teachers' strike in two decades will mean empty classrooms in more than 8,000 schools in England and Wales. |
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3:57pm PDT |
End of cheap |
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Summary: Clothes prices set to rise as cost of oil starts to hurt |
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3:56pm PDT |
Republicans block pay discrimination bill
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday
blocked legislation to reverse a Supreme Court ruling that
makes it tougher for workers to sue for pay discrimination. |
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Yahoo News |
3:50pm PDT |
U.S. thinks N.Korea aided Syria on plutonium program
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The Bush administration is expected
to tell U.S. lawmakers on Thursday it believes North Korea was
helping Syria build a nuclear reactor that could produce
plutonium, a U.S. official said on Wednesday. |
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Yahoo News |
3:19pm PDT |
Protesters in Australian capital for Olympic torch relay
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Scuffles erupted Thursday as pro-Tibet activists and China supporters gathered in Australia's capital for the start of the Olympic torch relay. Police manned crowd-control barriers and vowed that nothing would stop the flame from completing its trip. |
